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In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out
completes the circle and comes back to read more
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out
completes the circle and comes back to us.
When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,
we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's read more
When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,
we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions
is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.
It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has read more
It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.
If someone says "can't," that shows you what to do.
If someone says "can't," that shows you what to do.
We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men read more
We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.
If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it will
but grow and gather to itself such read more
If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it will
but grow and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts
through it will blow up everything in its way.
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful read more
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.
It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.
